2013
Mitch: "Why did God design me to suck my thumb and rub my belly button?"
On December 11th, 2013, Dawson's crazy-haired Polish chicken, Verbena, was eaten by a coyote and it of course broke our hearts, especially Dawson. We saw and heard the whole ordeal and it was so sad. He said "I would like everyone to gather up and I will pray. Then we can bury her and we should make popcorn and sit and talk about her good life."
Dawson: "I can't imagine every feeling happy again without Verbena, not even on my birthday."
Dawson, as we were driving by the Milk Bottle restaurant on Garland St. said "If I drank that much milk I'd have a gas bubble that could shake the whole earth!"
2014
Ella: "God says to love everyone, white people, brown people, black people, midgets..." Mitch: "Yeah and dad had a moustache a long time ago and mom still loved him."
2015
Mitch: "a scorpion has pinchers and a stinging tail, why did God make that creature? It's mind bubbling.
Charlie was cheating at thumb wars by using 2 hands and said "I'm not cheating, it's just an upgrade!"
Mitch: "I love Charlie as much as my heart loves God."
Mitch: "Is it a reptile? Or maybe it just needs lotion?"
I had pneumonia in the winter and Dawson came in to lay with me and he prayed for me "God, touch mommy with your righteous and healing hand."
Dawson: "I think your rule that we can't have screen time on weekends should be abolished."
Charlie kept pulling Mitch's pants down and showing his bottom. I said "Charlie, that's not funny" and he said "well it is to me, and many people around the world!"
Mitchy: "Mom, why do you like cute and olden days stuff, you should have more aggressive decorations."
Dawson had a cold and I asked how he was feeling. "Okay, it just feels like a sausage is stuffed in my ear."
Charlie tattle-taled on Dawson and Dawson asked "Charlie, why did you tell on my?!" Charlie said "I had to tell, it was my destiny..."
Mitch: "When I grow up my dream car is a dark blue mini van, and I'm gonna get a bumper sticker of a Rancor."
2016
Mitch was upset and told Dawson "Dawson, you;re the worst brother in the galaxy." Dawson said "really? Like an alien would be a better brother?"
Mitch: "I'm a real man now! I have a wallet and 4 bucks!"
Charlie used to call earth worms "world worms" and flamingoes "ma-flingoes"
Dawson's loose tooth had been hanging on forever, so when he finally announced it had fallen out, I asked "buddy, how did it finally come out?!" He said, "well, I was biting Mitch and then it popped out!"
Charlie: "Mitchy I think people will like you because of your blonde hair." Mitch replied "No, I think people will like me for my personality."
Mitch wasn't feeling good and said "it must be my hormones."
Charlie to me: "That's what I love about you. You don't care about your hair and stuff, you care about mountains and sunsets."
I woke Dawson up in the morning and he said "awww, I was dreaming we were at Disneyland and I was just getting on my favorite ride!"
I was getting ready to go to my volunteer nurse job and Ella asked if I could stay home. I said I would get fired and she said "it's not a matter of IF you get fired, it's when."
We were running late to drop of at NWC and I said "hurry up boys, we don't want to get a tardy slip!" Charlie said "what's bad about a party slip? Sounds kinda fun!"
The twins first year of school away from home was for 1st grade at NWC with Mrs. Donahoe. They quickly befriended a boy named "Plankton" whose real name was Clayton;)
Charlie: "Did they have computers when you were a kids? Were they wooden?"
Mitch" I was wearing a plaid flannel shirt, "Mom, I like when you wear natural shirts."
Dawson: "You know what's sad is that all the naughty stuff we're planning to do when we're older we won't do because we'll know better!"
Dawson: "Mommy, if something happens to you and you have to be in a wheelchair, you'll still look as beautiful to me as you do right now."
Dawson: "I wish I could clone you Mommy so every child could experience you."
Dawson learned about manna in the Bible and asked "Do you think God sent butter and cheese?"
Dawson: "Mom, can you test my maturity level and let me stay up really late and see if I'm crabby in the morning?"
We were at the Bar M Ranch in Oregon and found a couple of frogs and put them in a bucket. After a bit we checked on them and they were mating. "Charlie said, 'oh look, they're having alone time!'"
2017
I was lying sideways on the couch, Dawson was lying by my feet against me and said "I feel like your Jabba and I'm Salacious Crum."
After a long day out I asked the kids "do you guys want to go to Manito Park?" Dawson said "my will to live just decreased by 5%."
We were out to dinner and Dawson asked "would you like a moist towelette for your meat sweats?"
Mitch thought the store "Yuppy Puppy" was "Yummy Puppy" and said "well, if we were in China it would be called that."
Ella: On the highway as we passed a semi said "I HATE logging trucks!" Me: Why do you have against logging trucks?" Ella: "Because it's a huge supply of future homework!"
All four of the kids were homeschooled, but Ella was using Mead bus transportation to get to a Tue/Thur morning class she was taking at Northwood. She was telling the bus driver as they passed town that she was "craving 5 Guys (burgers)" the bus driver said "wow, how do you keep track of all that?!" Ella was confused but as the conversation went on, the bus driver told Ella she thought she had said she was DATING five guys!!
Dawson was frustrated with our no-screens on weekdays rule and at the fact that they have zero electronics. He said "you guys are SO out of touch with the culture!"
